Glasgow, St Enoch Station | Canmore Glasgow, St Enoch Station Alternative Name(s) St Enoch Square Canmore ID 44333 Ordnance Survey licence number 100057073. All rights reserved. © Copyright and database right 2017. 3/1921 SC 1315618 Glasgow, general view, showing George Square and Central and St Enoch Stations. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing west. This image has been produced from a print. © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 795486 © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 795465 © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 768377 © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 753769 © RCAHMS.

Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 411502 RAF National Survey (Air Photographs), 1944-1950 28/3/1948 © RCAHMS DP 093449 View from NW of St Enoch Station Hotel, Glasgow. Since demolished. Titled: 'St Enochs Station Hotel, Glasgow. 2519 J.V'. © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 733577 View from SE showing ESE and SSW fronts of central awning with main part of station in background © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 588679 Glasgow, St. Enoch Station View from NE showing ESE front of hotel with ESE front of station in background © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 1437852 Albert Bridge to George V Bridge Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing North/West. This image was marked by AeroPictorial Ltd for photo editing.

© Crown Copyright: HES SC 1437741 © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 733571 © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 796391 © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 796389 © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 795468 © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 733574 © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 733572 © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 676214 © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 1438187 St Enoch's Square and Station and Argyll Street Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing North/West. © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 588864 Glasgow, St.

Enoch Station View from SE showing diesel intercity set (Ayr train) with station in background © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 588856 © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume DP 195248 © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 795480 © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 795478 © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 795464 © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 733579 View from SE showing ESE and SSW fronts of S awning with main part of station in background © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 588861 Glasgow, St. Enoch Station View from W showing base of lamp standard with signal box and engine shed in background © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 588857 Glasgow, St.

Enoch Station View from W showing lamp standard with signal box and engine shed in background © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 361950 Detail of ironwork on the roof of the South train shed, St. Enoch Station, Glasgow. The station closed in 1966 and the building was demolished in 1977. Now the site of the St Enoch Centre. © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 795490 © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 795484 © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 795472 © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 733578 View from SE showing ESE and SSW fronts of S awning with main part of station in background © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 676213 © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 588862 © RCAHMS.

Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 356569 © RCAHMS SC 1315411 Glasgow, general view, showing St Enoch Station and Argyle Street, Glasgow. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north-west. This image has been produced from a marked print. © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 733580 © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 648791 © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 588855 © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 367288 Interior view of departure board and kiosks, St Enoch Station, Glasgow. The station closed in 1966 and the building was demolished in 1977. Now the site of the St Enoch Centre. Reverend H D E Rokeby c. 1915 © RCAHMS SC 361951 View of train sheds at St Enoch Railway Station, Glasgow, from South East.

The station closed in 1966 and the building was demolished in 1977. Now the site of the St Enoch Centre. Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow) Former Region Strathclyde Former District City Of Glasgow Former County Lanarkshire NS56SE 69.01 NS 5940 6477 Engine Shed NS56SE 69.02 NS 5934 6480 Signal Box For St Enoch Square, Subway Station (NS 5893 6500), see NS 56NE 231. For (predecessor) Dunlop Street Station, see NS56NE 1348. For successor development (St Enoch Centre), see NS56SE 101. For approach viaduct (City Union Railway Bridge) over River Clyde, see NS56SE 145. For associated St Enoch Hotel (NS 5897 6499), see NS56SE 256. St Enoch Station Car Park [NAT] OS 1:1250 map, 1969.

St Enoch Station, built 1870-9 for the City of Glasgow Union Rly. The station proper was designed by John Fowler and James F Blair, engineers, and the hotel and office block by Thomas Willson, Hampstead, and M S Gibson, architects. The first station, at Dunlop Street, was opened on 12 December 1870, and was only temporary in nature. The first station on the present site was opened 1 May 1876, and the development completed by the opening of the hotel ( NS56SE 256 ) on 3 July 1879. The overall five centred arch roof of the station, constructed by Messrs A Handyside of Derby, has a span of 205ft [62.5m] and a length of 525ft [160.1m], and is of wrought iron, covering six platforms.

Between 1898 and 1902, the station was extended, the viaduct from Eglinton St widened, including the bridge over the Clyde ( NS56SE 145 ), and a second arched roof added, 198ft [60.4m] wide and 525ft [160.1m] long. Awnings were constructed to cover the projecting ends of the new platforms. The extension was designed by William Melville, engineer to the Glasgow and South-Western Rly, which had taken over the station from the CGUR. In the triangle to the E of the station [at NS 5940 6477] is an engine shed [ NS56SE 69.01 ], built between 1882 and 1885, with a 30-bay frontage to King St. The undercroft of the engine shed has been used for many years as a bonded store. The station itself is SDD category B. J R Hume 1974. St Enoch Station was Glasgow¿s equivalent to London¿s St Pancras.

In 1880 it was Scotland¿s premier passenger terminal, with a hotel to match, and symbolised the victory of the Glasgow and South-Western Rly over the Caledonian Rly in the `battle of the companies¿. It was planned within the limitations of a severely restricted site, necessitating sharply curving approaches from both N and S, and incorporated a large low level bonded warehouse, which was served by hydraulic hoists from the platforms. An impressively large station clock was a prominent feature, while the station was later to house a noted anti-gothic war memorial by Sir Robert Lorimer. As first planned (by John Fowler and J F Blair) `St Enoch¿s Square Central Station¿ was to have been a through station with eight platforms on the same site as that subsequently built. It was to incorporate a `grand hotel¿ (in the N frontage), two locomotive sheds and a carriage shed. Sector plates were to be used (instead of conventional points) to increase the space available at the ends of two of the platforms.

The roof was to be in three spans, of 105ft (32m), 95ft (29m) and 85ft (25.9m) respectively. The main station was designed in Italianate style, with the hotel in the French manner. It was tentatively suggested that other companies should be granted access. In August 1868, the Board reported the expenditure of £300,000 on works `as yet entirely unproductive¿; this included £200,000 paid in compensation to property owners. As the Bridge Street station ( NS56SE 467.00 ) was already overcrowded and could not accommodate the increased traffic expected at the opening of the Greenock line, it was necessary to construct a temporary station on the N bank. This was provided at Dunlop Street ( NS56NE 1348 ), opening on 12 December 1870, the Clyde viaduct ( NS56SE 145 ) having opened on 2 June 1870.

This station was built by Thomas Brassey and Co, and had six lines, four platforms, a booking hall and refreshment room. When it closed in 1876 (at the opening of St Enoch) its roof was dismantled and re-erected at the company¿s Fairlie terminus (Fairlie Pier Station: NS25NW 129 ). Further unsuccessful attempts were made in 1872-3 to amalgamate the G&SW with the Midland, while the Settle and Carlisle Rly (the link between the two companies¿ systems) was under construction. At this stage, the Caledonian Rly was denied access to the station, forcing them to construct their own Central Station ( NS56NE 77.00 ); the value of this was itself reduced by the refusal of the G&SWR to sell its interest in Bridge Street Station. In 1874, The Midland Rly began to take an interest in the building plans of their partner. James Allport, the Midland manager, selected one of the plans, considering the building as a terminus under a single-span; the proposed line to the W was never built.

Midland influence was also apparent in the choice of the gothic style (as at St Pancras). John Fowler was consulting engineer throughout the project, but following the death (in August 1876) of his assistant James F Blair, he was joined by Mr Crouch whose business associate Charles P Hogg had been resident engineer from the start. The roof was constructed by Handyside and Co (of Derby), and was of similar design to that at St Pancras, although somewhat smaller and with a curved soffit rather than a pointed apex. It measured 525ft (160.1m) in length by 204ft (62.2m) in width and 83ft (25.3m) in height. The ribs were formed by fifteen lattice girders, each of which was 5ft (1.5m) deep and weighed 36tons 12cwt (37.2t). These were set just over 36ft (11m) apart except at the E end, where they were 18ft (5.5m) apart and carried an ornamental screen of glass and iron.

The western screen was 35ft (10.7m) above the platforms, and ended in a lean-to roof against the wall of the booking office. Unlike at St Pancras, the floor girders did not act as a tie for the roof principals, but, instead, each stood on wrought iron shoes secured by bolts of 2.25ins (57mm) diameter attached to cast-iron anchor beams embedded in the platforms. Each main rib was delivered in eleven portions. During construction, truss rods had to be inserted to correct a lateral deflection in the lower purlins, which is probably why W H Barlow (the designer of the St Pancras roof) claimed £315 in professional fees in May 1875. In December 1876, the cost was estimated at £52,000. As constructed, the station had eight lines of rails, six having platforms and the other two being used as carriage sidings. The train shed was the first public area in Glasgow to be lit by electricity, an experimental installation of carbon-arc lamps powered by a steam engine in the hotel laundry being installed in 1879. Gaslights were kept in reserve.

The station served a wide spread of routes, and immediately proved successful to the point of over crowding. In the 1880¿s there was a Tyers train describer to assist in route setting, but delays were caused by goods trains using the College branch while much shunting was controlled verbally or by hand signalling. On 3 Julyt 1898, 45 electric shunting signals (allowing at least 135 possible combinations) were brought into operation, allowing the number of signal boxes to be reduced from 393 to 183. There were obvious limits to what could be achieved by resignalling, and in 1898 powers were obtained to extend the station. The Clyde Bridge ( NS56SE 145 ) was reinstated to allow four running lines, and the line from St Enoch to Port Eglinton was also quadrupled. Six additional buildings were built at the S side of the station to provide a total of twelve platforms, which were all renumbered, with a total area of 23,600 sq yds (19,732 sq m).

Part of the roof was extended by 281ft (85.7m); the new portion was of similar design to the old but only 65ft (19.8m) high. Facilities were also improved, and the station staff increased. The extension cost about £2.3 million. The station was increasingly outclassed by Central Station ( NS56NE 77.00 ) after about 1910, and became increasingly obsolete after the rationalisation of the inter-war years. Little modernisation (other than resignalling) took place after 1904, while suburban traffic decreased after about 1900 on account of competition from the tramway system. The station closed in 1966, and the hotel in 1974. (Illustrations include plans and sections: tables detail operating statistics and comparative dimensions of roofs at St Enoch and St Pancras). C Johnston and J R Hume 1979. Engineering, 18 January 1867. St Enoch Station was the principal terminus of the Glasgow and South Western Railway Company, which operated Anglo-Scottish services jointly with the Midland Railway.

The station was opened for traffic in October 1876, and the five-storeyed hotel facing St Enoch Square was completed in July 1879, evidently incorporating the earliest electric lighting-system in Glasgow. The commercial success of the station led to the construction of six additional platforms between 1898 and 1902, bringing the total number up to twelve. The station was closed in 1966, the hotel in 1974, and the entire complex has since been demolished. The special distinction of the train-shed was its pair of impressive arched overall roofs. The roof of the original (northern) shed was of five-centred elliptical form and of wrought-iron and steel construction. It had a clear span of about 204 ft (62.2m), a height of 83 ft (25.3m), and a length of about 525 ft (160m) divided up by latticed arch-ribs into sixteen bays. The arch-ribs bore the date 1877 (when the station was already in operation) and the maker's name, Messrs.

Andrew Handyside & Co. Ltd. of Derby and London, which reflected the interest and influence of the Midland Rly. in a design which would serve as a counterpart to that of their own larger and more celebrated terminal station at London (St Pancras). The design engineers for St Enoch were John Fowler and James F Blair. The roof over the southern extension was of similar but smaller arched form, being 293 ft 7 ins (89.48m) long, 65 ft (19.81m) high, and having an internal clear span of 143 ft (43.6m). Beyond the sheds, the platforms were covered with glazed awnings. G D Hay and G P Stell 1986. Under redevelopment as Saint Enoch Centre, 1988. (Unsourced) information in NMRS. This station was the Glasgow terminus of the Glasgow and South-Western Rly. It was opened by the G&SW on 17 October 1876 and was closed by British Railways on 27 June 1966, together with the line to Ibrox (Shields Junction.

The buliding was used as a car park for some years before demolition. This building may be considered as the Scottish equivalent to St Pancras Station, London, the terminus of the Midland Rly which was the English associate and 'ally' of the Glasgow and South-Western Rly. Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 8 June 1998 and 15 December 2005, and (TA-L), 12 October 2000. R V J Butt 1995. Further Details RAILSCOT | City of Glasgow Union Railway City of Glasgow Union Railway ScotRail City of Glasgow Union Railway The major feature of this line was Glasgow St Enochs station. This station was famous for its quality hotel. The station has been closed an completely demolished. There were two glazed roofs side-by-side here situated above the Glasgow streets. The original smaller version of the station was called Dunlop Street. The site of the station is now several car-parks and the St Enoch's shopping centre. This railway is open to freight between Shields Road and High Street. Between Bellgrove and Springburn the line is open to passenger trains.

A new line (the Cowlairs Chord) has been brough into use to allow trains to run down the line from High Level Glasgow Queen Street. The line has a link to the line to Cumbernauld and trains from High Level Queen Street use this link. The section of the line between Gorbals and Larkfield is closed and uplifted. Local area Top This line divides into two parts. The southern section runs across through the centre of Glasgow. At its east end it runs near High Street, the oldest part of the city, crosses the River Clyde to the Gorbals and then finishes at Shields Road on the south side of the city. The northern section starts at High Street and runs north to Springburn. Chronology Top This is a double track railway which formerly included the large terminus St Enochs. Today the line mostly carrys freight on its sothern portion and both passengers and freight in its northern portion. The southern portion connects the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway to the Coatbridge Branch (North British Railway) . The northern portion connects the Coatbridge Branch (North British Railway) to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway . Top St Enoch was one of the principal stations in Glasgow.

It had two large glass trainsheds. It was originally owned by the City of Glasgow Union Railway, which was a joint railway between the Glasgow and South Western Railway and the North British Railway and had platforms which could serve both the city union line north to the High street Junctions and south to Gorbals and Pollockshields. Most of the platforms served the lines running south for the GSW's line to Carlisle via Dumfries. The station came under complete control of the G&SW. There were a triangle of lines just outside the station and trains could bypass the station - the bypass being open today. In the triangle of lines was a locomotive shed. Both the station and locomotive shed were at first floow level and oil would drip down from the locomotive shed on walkers underneath. The station closed to passengers, was briefly used by postal trains and then became a car-park. The train sheds were later demolished and even later the stonework and St Enoch's hotel were demolished and used to fill in the Queen's Dock in preparation for the building of the Scottish Exhibition Centre. Saltmarket Junction Top The Sighthill branch ran parallel to the line here and led to the large goods yard to the south east of this site.

During an early dispute with the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway ran its trains allow this line and onto the line at St Rollox for access to Buchanan Street . The Sighthill Branch ran parallel from here up to Cowlairs. To the north of the station the Cowlairs Chord comes in from the site of the one-time Cowlairs station. The chord gives high-level Queen Street direct access to the City of Glasgow Union Railway and the Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway lines for running to Cumbernauld. Cowlairs West Junction? Full record for 'BUCHANAN STREET AND ST. ENOCH'S RAILWAY STATIONS AND ST. ENOCH'S HOTEL' (4004) - Moving Image Archive catalogue Moving Image Archive catalogue Full length video This film is in copyright This film is protected by copyright and is provided for personal, private viewing only. Please use the Hire, buy or ask a question button to ask about obtaining a copy of this film or a licence to use it, or to ask about its copyright status.

Find similar films TROLLEYBUS 1967 | col | silent Please read Understanding catalogue records for help interpreting this information and Using footage for more information about accessing this film. Overall rating: Title: BUCHANAN STREET AND ST. ENOCH'S RAILWAY STATIONS AND ST. ENOCH'S HOTEL Reference number: 4004 Fiction: non-fiction Running time: 7.30 mins Description: Shows life in and around the former Buchanan and St. Enoch's railway stations during the 1960s. The St Enoch's Station Hotel was built in 1880, closed in 1966 and demolished in 1977 to make way for St Enoch's Shopping Centre. The railway station was constructed in 1876 by the City of Glasgow Union Railway. Opened in 1849 and the only foothold of the Caledonian Railway on the north of the Clyde, Buchanan Street was situated quite close to the existing Queen Street station and used for the company's English traffic.

SMT 'Strathlyde Motor Traction', featured in the shotlist record was a company that operated from around 1905 until reorganised as the Scottish Bus Group (Kelvin Scottish, Clydeside Scottish etc) in 1985. Shotlist: REEL I gvs St. Enoch railway station and hotel. Underground station visible to right of picture and sign for Ross's Carpet Shops under station entrance forecourt (0.21) shots of cars and buses around railway station, view of SMT (Strathclyde Motor Traction) Glasgow Air Terminal adjacent to station entrance, gvs busy streets with traffic (1.08) shot of people with luggage waiting in queue alongside black taxi cab (1.17) [very underexposed picture, difficult to identify] ints St.

Enoch's Station with crowds of people milling about, drinking in bar, views of car park with shop sign (and ints?) at 'Stockwell China Bazaar Worldwide Export Service' in view (1.47) shot taken from inside station with stationary train, looking on to (King Street?) m/s gvs trains moving in and out of station (2.50) REEL II ext front of St. Enoch hotel (0.07) side view of St. Enoch railway station entrance and hotel building (0.30) shot of St. Enoch's Square taken from Argyll Street, underground building and busy street scenes with traffic and people (0.56) [this footage all very dark and underexposed] some building in middle of demolition (?) (1.05) shot taken from St. Enoch's station roof, looking over to Argyll Street, the underground building and various buildings in view (1.18) [bright, rather faded] gvs Buchanan Street railway station, shot of front and streets with traffic driving by, shots of the platforms and trains moving in and out, station car park (2.50) REEL III [no credits] train no.

3B, 'Glasgow Buchanan Street' written on destination board (0.04) ints Buchanan Street train station, information board with details of destinations, red postbox and clock in view, gvs people milling about with luggage, buying tickets from kiosk (0.29) [this shot very underexposed and dark] ints station (?) (0.41) exts gvs British Railways Buchanan Street station from different angles, gvs traffic outside and longer shots of cars driving past, people walking past wooden station building (1.50) urbanglasgow.co.uk :: Saint Enoch Station Saint Enoch Station Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:01 pm Post subject: Saint Enoch Station St Enoch Station was a former mainline railway station in Glasgow. Located on St Enoch Square in the city centre, it was opened by the City of Glasgow Union Railway, in 1876. The first passenger train stopping there on 1 May 1876, with the official opening taking place on 17 October 1876.

The St Enoch Hotel at the front of the station opened on July 3rd 1879. With 200 bedrooms and 20 public rooms, it was the largest of the city's three railway hotels. The imposing frontage facing St Enoch Square was 360ft long and 120ft high and the North wing, extending to Dunlop Street was 500ft long. In 1883 it was taken over by the Glasgow and South Western Railway and it became their head quarters. St Enoch Station was the first major public building in Glasgow lit by electricity. The original six platforms were covered by an arched roof measuring 83ft high, 204ft wide and 525ft long, modelled on St Pancras Station in London.Such was the success of the station, that extra platforms and a second roof, 70ft high by 143ft wide were added in 1901. In the 1923 grouping it was taken over and then operated by the London Midland and Scottish Railway. After the nationalisation of the United Kingdom rail network, the station was run by British Railways.

It was a large station (the second largest in the city) with 12 platforms and two impressive semi-cylindrical glass/iron overall roofs. The station was closed in 1966 as part of the rationalisation of the railway system undertaken by Dr Richard Beeching. In an act that can be described as nothing more than architectural vandalism, the roofs of the structure were demolished, despite protests, in 1976. The St Enoch Hotel which fronted the station and the brick-arch viaducts which supported the station were then demolished in 1977, with the city council claiming the site was earmarked for a building for use by the Ministry of Defence - this never materialised. The site is now occupied by another glass structure, the St Enoch Centre, a large and rather hideous shopping centre which opened in 1988. The remains of the station and hotel were used to help in fill the Queen's Dock on the banks of the River Clyde, today the home of the SECC.

RAILSCOT | Chronology | City of Glasgow Union Railway City of Glasgow Union Railway Four platform terminus, Dunlop Street opened (temporary version of St Enochs) 12/ Opened between Pollockshields and Dunlop Street. Main line services start to use the new station, local services continue to use Bridge Street. 19/ Gallowgate opened, used as a terminus by the North British Railway s Coatbridge Branch until the College terminus was complete. 19/ First Bridge over the Clyde in central Glasgow opened. 1/ The Glasgow and South Western Railway Bus trains start running between Bellgrove and Shields Road. 1/ Main Street Gorbals station opened. 16/ Bellgrove to Spingburn opened for goods, Haghill Junction to Parkhead Junction opened. 17/ Glasgow St Enoch opened. Through service from London St Pancras via the Midland Railway starts. 17/ Connection from Gorbals on the City of Glasgow Union Railway to South Side on the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway opened. 1/ Gorbals opened to replace South Side. 1/ Bus train service to Shields Road extended to Alexandra Park (later called Alexandria Parade).

/ Warehouses built on the junction of Bell Street and High Street for the Glasgow and South Western Railway . Approach was via a reversing loop built on the line from Gallowgate to High Street East Junction. 1/ Bus train service to Shields Road extended to Barnhill. 29/ St Enochs station and approach lines south of Bellgrove taken over by the Glasgow and South Western Railway . Lines north of Bellgrove taken over by the North British Railway . / City of Glasgow Union Railway St Enochs locomotive shed opened. This was built in the triangle of lines bounded by St Enochs station, Saltmarket Junction and Clyde Junction. The lines ran south from the shed to Clyde Junction. The area under the shed was notorious for oil dripping down on passers by. 1/ Bus train service to Shields Road extended to Springburn. 1/ Circular service introduced by the North British Railway . 1/ Gallowgate closed. One platform taken up and replaced with further through line. 1/ Glasgow and South Western Railway services through the St Johns Tunnel to Gallowgate Central and on to Bridgeton begin. / City of Glasgow Union Railway absorbed and divided between Glasgow and South Western Railway and North British Railway.

7/ A further 6 platforms at St Enoch start being built / St Enochs to Port Eglinton Junction quadrupled. 30/ Main Street closed, replaced by Eglinton Street (later renamed Cumberland Street). / Expanded St Enoch station opened complete with re-built Clyde bridge was accommodates 4 tracks. / The Glasgow and South Western Railway Bus trains stop running due to Tram competition. 1/ City of Glasgow Union Railway A busy Isle of Man boat train from Ardrossan over-runs the buffers at platform 8 in St Enochs and two carriages are telescoped and hit the stations glass roof. 16 were killed and 27 injured. The train was apparently terminated in a shorter platform than usual due to renovation work and the driver, Henry Northcott, had assumed a greater braking distance. 1/ St Enoch railway station | OpenBuildings St Enoch railway station Our community will embrace you. Ontotext edited this building last References Wikipedia , licensed under the GFDL Suggestions St Enoch station was a mainline railway station in the city of Glasgow, Scotland between 1876 and 1966, before it was eventually demolished in 1977.

History Located on St Enoch Square in the city centre, it was opened by the City of Glasgow Union Railway, in 1876. The first passenger train stopped there on 1 May 1876 and the official opening took place on 17 October 1876. In 1883 it was taken over by the Glasgow and South Western Railway and it became their head quarters. It was the site of a rail crash in 1903 in which 16 passengers were killed and 64 injured when a train overran the buffers. In the 1923 grouping it was taken over and then operated by the London Midland and Scottish Railway. After the nationalisation of the United Kingdom rail network, the station was run by British Railways. It was a large station with 12 platforms and two impressive semi-cylindrical glass/iron roofed train sheds. The station was closed on 27 June 1966 as part of the rationalisation of the railway system undertaken by Dr Richard Beeching; upon closure its 250 trains and 23,000 passengers a day were diverted to Central.

The roofs of the structure were demolished, despite protests, in 1977. The clock that was suspended from the roof of the station was saved from destruction and is now on display in Cumbernauld Town Centre. The St Enoch Hotel which fronted the station was also demolished in 1977. Current site The site of the station is now occupied by another glass structure, the St Enoch Centre, a large shopping centre. The remains of the station and hotel were used to help in fill the Queen's Dock, today the home of the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC). The red sandstone ticket hall which stands in St Enoch Square immediately west of the shopping centre is not part of the former rail station, but is the former ticket hall for the adjacent St Enoch subway station on the Glasgow Subway. Though the mainline station is gone, parts of the arcaded approach embankments (now containing shops and restaurants) can be seen to the east of the shopping centre's carpark on Osborne Street. Although these currently go nowhere, they once connected with the Glasgow City Union Railway and the City Union Bridge of 1899 which still spans the River Clyde.

Dunlop Street railway station St Enoch station replaced a previous station close by called Glasgow Dunlop Street, which was opened by the City of Glasgow Union Railway on 12 December 1870 and closed by the Glasgow and South Western Railway the same day St Enoch opened. Services Glasgow Central & St Enoch approaches City of Glasgow Union Railway Glasgow Central St. Enoch Square | Glasgow History Achievements and Archive Photographs of this Great Scottish City St. Enoch Square by Chris Jones on March 28, 2010 St. Enoch Square is actually sacred ground. It is the site of the chapel and last resting place of St. Thenew, the mother of St. Kentigern, also known as St. Mungo, the Patron Saint of Glasgow. The name Enoch is considered to be a corruption of Thenew. Since consecration, the land has been venerated and marked by a succession of chapels. Sadly, this came to an end in 1926 when the last St. Enoch Church on the site was demolished. With its disappearance, respect and recognition for the hallowed grounds ebbed away. They became a car park and later a bus stance.

However, all is not lost and perhaps they will be honoured again in the future. This Valentine’s Series postcard of St. Enoch Square was registered in 1911 but the photograph may have been taken earlier. It shows the St. Enoch Church, the entrance to the St. Enoch Subway Station and the St Enoch Hotel and Railway Station, the latter being the principal terminus and headquarters of the Glasgow & South Western Railway. The church had been rebuilt from an earlier one whose foundation stone was laid on 12th April 1790 and the spire had been retained. The railway station entrance and hotel were constructed on the site of the Surgeons’ Hall which stood on the east side of the square. Today, only the Subway building survives. The church was unfortunately swept away in 1926 and the station and hotel in 1977. St. Enoch Station opened in 1876 and the hotel followed three years later. It was described as “the most imposing structure in Glasgow” and with over 200 bedrooms was the city’s largest hotel. Both the station and the hotel were among the first buildings in Glasgow to be lit by electricity.

( This postcard was originally published by E. A. Schwerdtfeger & Co. but the name was subsequently removed from reissues once Great Britain headed into the Great War. ) Here is a later view of part of the St. Enoch Hotel which was an enormous structure extending well round the left hand side. The gas lamps in St. Enoch Square have now been replaced by electric lights and the intricate wrought ironwork of the standard is evident in the foreground. The city wanted its new electric lights to be artistic as well as functional. People are traversing the ramp leading up to the station entrance and there are large posters under the canopy featuring enticing destinations. Various vendors occupy the arches beneath the ramp, including Burgoyne & Co. wine merchants and Brown & Sons, selling paints and varnishes. Ivie Hair & Co occupy a double frontage so they were obviously doing a good business selling soap and candles, oil and lard. ( The publisher’s name is not printed on the card but I believe this to be an E. & A. Schwerdtfeger successor. ) It is now 1949 and much of the Square is now being used as a car park and for taxis.

Even though the Second World War ended just four years previously, the scene suggests one of prosperity and not austerity. The banner across Buchanan Street proclaims the Scottish Industries Exhibition. Vendors are selling the same products from premises under the station ramp as were being sold 30 years earlier. ( Postcard published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd. ) Be Sociable, Share! St Enoch Subway Station - Centre of the Glasgow City Centre St Enoch St Enoch Station – The City Centre, Central Station and Argyle Street meets Buchanan Street St Enoch Subway station is a tale of two platforms, two sets of escalators and two sides of Glasgow. It is one of the biggest stations on the network with two distinct platforms serving each circle. It is important to pick the right circle for your direction of travel before you head through the ticket barriers, as it’s a one shot deal. If you pick the wrong side, you will have to come back through the barriers and it may mean another charge. The escalators are in pairs beyond the ticket barriers, with the left side going down and the right side coming up. In times of repair or renewal this may change, so be prepared to have to clamber down the escalator unpowered if need be.

It can be a tight squeeze. The entrance to St Enoch Station The platforms themselves are a somewhat strange experience. The two platforms face each other, so there is a definite temptation to have a scan across the opposing platform. The large pillars that stand between the rail lines also add to the sense of distance. Over the years, I have witnessed the rather unusual spectacle of drunken locals conducting a very public conversation with their mate across the platforms many a time. All in, the distance, the pillars and the generally murky middle section, make it a very unusual and cramped viewing spectacle. On the main concourse of the station stands the main ticket office and machines, with the two sets of barriers leading off to the two separate platforms on either side. The station itself has recently undergone a vast upgrade, but we decided to leave our old photographs up for posterity (or at least until we can get a new set of photo’s). The modern version has been stripped bare and now looks like something out of a Stanley Kubrick movie. The (under renovation) ticket hall at St Enoch Station The busiest and most obvious entrance to St Enoch Subway station, is from the Buchanan Street / Argyle Street entrance which leads up a large set of glass covered escalators.

The impressive rise is met by one of the busiest pedestrian junctions in Glasgow, namely the junction of the pedestrian Buchanan Street and the traffic restricted Argyle Street. Together with Buchanan Street station, which can just about be seen in the distance, it provides the main shopping area of Glasgow. Immediately outside the station sits the St Enoch shopping centre. The facility is a large covered retail shopping mall and offers a host of big name brands, as well as an ice rink and car park. Despite playing second fiddle to Buchanan Galleries, the St Enoch Centre offers a capable alternative with the advantage of not being at the top of a massive hill. Across the road from the main glass covered entrance is Fraser’s department store and further up is the exclusively posh Princes Square . The new platform sign at St Enoch Station Argyle Street neatly crosses the end of Buchanan Street, on the one side leading to Central Station , the Hielemans Umbrella and the International Financial Services District . The opposite direction leads to a nice run of pedestrian mainstream shopping (TK Maxx, River Island, Mark’s and Spencers) before heading off to the Merchant City, Trongate and finally the Gallowgate.

At the entrance of St Enoch Station looking out The second entrance to St Enoch Subway station is at the opposite end of the station. This entrance leads on to the quieter side of St Enoch Square and further on to the river, with it’s bridges and classical cobbled waterfront. It’s actually a very nice view at night when it’s all lit up. Significant work has been done on the waterfront in recent years to make it a modern river based area. It is probably worth mentioning at this point that while St Enoch very much continues the luxury and opulence of Buchanan Street, you are never very far away from the less flashy areas of central Glasgow. The area beyond Central Station, heading west down Argyle Street, is now the International Financial Services District. Most of the local Glaswegians still refer to it as Anderson though, the concrete clad bus station and general area term that is still synonymous with the Red Light district. During the day, it is all flash suits and business lunches but late at night the seedier side of Glasgow comes out to play.

A train heads into the tunnel at St Enoch Station Likewise, the progression in the other direction along Argyle Street starts first with the very respectable Merchant City but gradually moves beyond it towards Trongate and High Street. Beyond that, the Gallowgate and the Barras market area offers a more earthy and authentic Glaswegian shopping experience. At weekends, there is a large and very famous market there that has various stalls and entertainments. It’s a long way from the style and sophistication of a continental market but still a good day out rummaging around in the weird and wonderful stalls. It’s low rent but it’s fun. Just a short walk from St Enoch Station is Central Station The other major role played by St Enoch Subway station is to service Central Station. The railway station is the main terminus for the West Coast main line to London and can be accessed from under the unique structure that is the Hielemans umbrella. Just exit the subway station, turn left and keep going. When it gets dark just follow the signs for Central Station, you can’t miss it. You should pass through the fast food epicentre of Glasgow at the Union street junction and it is a few minutes walk under the bridge so just keep going.

If you come out at the other side of the Hielemans umbrella then you have gone too far. Subcrawlers normally assemble outside Times Square which is just on the right if leaving the quieter entrance to the station. Don’t be limited to just going there however, as there is Hootenanny’s on the other side of the square as well. If you hipsters want something a bit less old man, Sloan’s is down the alley on the opposite side from Fraser’s, just outside the main station entrance. Saying that, it is Glasgow’s oldest bar. By far the biggest decision for subcrawlers is deciding which way to go round. Traditionally, most people do the southern first clockwise route so they can finish the Rangers pubs before it gets late. If you are doing a less than serious crawl then the northern anti-clockwise route has the better pubs. Many a fantastic crawl has died a death at Partick and been no worse for it. On the whole, St Enoch is among the busiest on the network and covers the southern end of the Glasgow City Centre. With Buchanan Street , it is one half of the main city centre stations on the network.

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Question: In which British city was Saint Enoch's Railway Station?
Answer: Glasgow